Reenforcing car bracket



March 29,1927. 1,622,583

F. H. HARDIN REENFORCING CAR BRACKET Original Filed Oct. 14, 1924ivrzwroze Zia/m lama Patented Mar. 29, 1927.

UNITED STATES FRANK I-I HARDIN, OF BRONXVIiLLE, NEW YORK.

REENFORCING CAR BRACKET.

Original application filed October 14, 1924, Serial No. 743,600. Dividedand this' application filed September 27, 1926.

This invention relates generally to car construction and moreparticularly to new and useful improvements in reenforcing cornerbrackets for car bodies. This application is a division of anapplication filed by me October 1 1, 1924:, Serial No. 743,600.

The objects of this invention are to provide an integral reenforcingbracket for cars consisting of a pair of vertical platemembersreenforced at their lower ends by an inwardly disposed triangular gussetplate and having outwardly projecting flange or flanges adapted toreceive and have secured thereto one or more walls of a corner post ofthe car structure.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a unitary reenforcingbracket for cars comprising a pair of upright members disposed at rightangles'to each other and reenforced by inwardly projecting gusset platesand provided with vertically disposed depending flanges adapted to besecured to a part or parts of the car underframe and having outwardlyand vertically disposed portions adapted to be secured to the verticalposts of the car structure.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and arrangement of parts,

hereinafter more fully described and claimed,

and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which j Figure 1 is atop plan view of a reenforcing bracket showing it attached in positionto the car underframe.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the same.

Figure 3 is an end elevational view of the same.

In the construction of railway cars it is desirable to reenforce the carends so that they will properly resist end shocks and crushing stressesto which cars, when in service, are subjected. With this end in view, Iprovide reenforcing brackets especially designed to be used in thecorner structure of the car bodies, said brackets being provided withportions forattachingsame to the car underframe and being furtherprovided with 60 suitable attaching surfaces for receiving and havingsecured thereto the lower ends of car posts, said attaching surfacesbeing ofi'set or spaced so as to bring said car posts in proper placewith respect to the car structure.

Serial No. 137,982.

Referring by numerals to theacco1npanying drawings, 10 indicates a carunderframe provided with side members 11, the latter having outwardlypresented horizontally disposed flanges 12. An end sill 14, which formsa part of the car underframe, has an outwardly presented horizontallydisposed flange 15. A reentorcing bracket 16 is arranged at each cornerof the underframe and consists of a side plate member 17 and an endplate member 18, said members being arranged at right angles to eachother and united at their meeting edges. Side plate 17 is provided atits top and rear end with an inwardly projecting marginal flange 17 andend plate member 18 is provided with a similarly disposed inwardlypresented marginal flange 18*. A vertically disposed outwardlyprojecting flange 19 is formed integral with plates or upright members17 and 18 and the face of said flange 19 is arranged in the same planewith and forms a continuation of the outer face of side plate 17. Thisflange 19 terminates at its upper end flush with the ends of plates 17and 18 and is reenforced at said upper end with a horizontally disposedgusset plate 20 which is in the same horizontal plane and merges withthe upper portions 17 and 18 of flanges 17 and 18 The lower end offlange 19 terminates flush with the lower edge of a vertically disposedflange 2]. which latter depends from the end plate 18 and is offsetlaterally relative thereto so as to bear against the outer face of theend sill 14 and is secured thereto by rivets 21. A horizontally disposedgusset plate 22 is formed integral with the depending flange 21 and withflange 19 and serves to reenforce the latter. A horizontally disposedreentorcing gusset plate 24: is formed integral with end plate 18 andflange 19 at a point spaced from plates 21 and 22.

The'lower end otplate 17 has formed integral therewith a dependingflange 25 which is offset relative thereto and rests against the outerface of side member 11 being securedthereto by rivets 26. A corner post27, iuthe present instance Z-shape in cross section, has its web portionpresented against flange 19 and secured thereto by rivets 28 and one ofthe vertically disposed flanges of said corner post rests or bears nearits lower end against a vertically and laterally disposed flange 29which is formed integral with depending flange 25, rivets 30 being usedto secure said corner post to flange 29. A gusset plate 31 is secured toflange 25 and flange 29 reenforces the latter.

The lower ends of plates or upright members 17 and 18 are unitedtogether by a horizontally disposed gusset plate 32 which when thebracket is in position rests on the underlrame and is secured to theside members by means of rivets 84 and to the end sill by means ofrivets 35. An opening 36 is formed in said gusset plate 32. A door post37 is secured. to plate 18 near the end thereof by rivets 3 8 and a carpost 39 is secured to plate 18 intermediate said post 37 and corner post27 by means of rivets 4L0. Side plate 17 is provided with a series ofopenings 17 and end plate 18 is provided with a series of openings 18.In this manner the reent'orcing bracket constructed according to my invention is of strong construction and light in weight, providese'ltici'entmeans for tying the car body to the car undertrame and hasdisposed thereon suitable attaching portions for receiving and attachingthe lower ends of the car posts thereby reentorcing the car against endstresses and shocks.

While I have shown the preferred form of my invention, it, is obviousthat various minor changes of my improved reenforcing bracket can bemade and substituted for those herein shown and described withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention.

I claim:

1. An integral reenforcing bracket for cars comprising a pair of platemembers ar ranged at right angles to each other and provided withinwardly disposed marginal flanges, a gusset plate arranged between thelower ends of said plate members and adapted to be secured to a carunderframe, vertically disposed flanges depending from said platemembers and adapted to be secured to the sides of said car undertrame, avertically disposed flange extending laterally and outwardly from one ofsaid dependingflanges i or receiving one face of a corner post, and avertically disposed flange projecting laterally from the other one ofsaid depending flanges and the corresponding plate member for receivingand having secured thereto certain other portions of said corner post.

2. An integral reent'orcing bracket for cars comprising a pair of platemembers arranged at right angles to each other and provided withinwardly disposed marginal flanges, a gusset plate arranged between thelower ends 01": said plate members and adapt ed to be secured to a carunderframe, vertically disposed flanges depending from said plate memberand adapted to be secured to the sides of said car underframe, avertically disposed flange extending laterally and outwardly from one ofsaid depending flanges for receiving one face of a corner post, avertically disposed flange projecting laterally from the other one ofsaid depending flanges and the corresponding plate member for receivingand having secured thereto certain other portions of said corner post,and horizontally disposed gusset plates formed integral with saidupright plate members and the corresponding vertically disposed postengaging flanges for recntorcing the car.

3. An integral reentorcing bracket tor cars comprising a pair of uprightplate members arranged at right angles to each other and adapted to besecured and project upwardly from a corner of the car underframe, agusset plate arranged between the lower ends of said plate member-s andadapted to rest on said car undertrame, vertically disposed flangesdepending from said plate members and offset outwardly relative theretofor engaging the outer faces of said car underframe, a verticallydisposed flange projecting laterally from one of said plate members andadapted to engage and have secured thereto the web portion of a carcorner post and a projection on said bracket extending outwardly atright angles to said vertically disposed flange and adapted to formabutment for said corner post.

4:. A reenforcing corner bracket for cars formed of a single piececasting comprising a pair of upright members disposed at right angles toeach other and provided with in wardly projecting marginal flanges, atriangular gusset plate extending inwardly between the' lower ends ofsaid plate members, a plurality of vertically disposed outwardlv offsetdepending flanges formed on the lower ends of said upright members andadapted to be secured to portions of a car underfra-me and a pluralityof vertically disposed faces arranged on said upright members andadapted to receive and have secured thereto corresponding car posts.

5. The combination with a car underframe of a single piece reenforcingbracket comprising a pair of upright plate members angularly disposedrelative to each other, a horizontally disposed gusset plate extendinginwardly between the lower ends of said upright plate members andadapted to be attached to said car under-frame, vertically disposedflanges depending from said plate members and offset outwardly relativethereto for attachment to vertically disposed portions of said carun'derframe, and vertically disposed flanges projecting laterally fromsaid depending flanges for receiving and having secured thereto a cornerpost of a car wall structure.

6. The combination with a car undertrame of a reenforcing bracket forcar frame structures comprising a single piece casting consisting of apair of upright plate members angularly disposed relative to each otherand provided with marginal horizontally disposed flanges, a horizontallydisposed gusset plate uniting the lower ends of said upright platemembers and adapted to rest on a car underframe, a vertically disposedflange depending from one of said plates and offset outwardly relativethereto so as to bear against the outside face of said car underframe,and a vertieally disposed flange projecting outwardly from one of saidplate members and spaced with respectto the other of said plate membersso as to present 10 plurality of vertically disposed faces disposedangularly relative to each other and adapted to receive similarlydisposed faces of a post of the car frame structure.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my 15 signature this 20th day ofSeptember, 1926.

FRANK H. HARDIN.

